Treecko
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is one of 401 fictional species of Pokémon creatures from the multi-billion-dollar Pokémon media franchise – a collection of video games, anime, manga, books, trading cards and other media created by Satoshi Tajiri. Treecko are famous for being one of the three species of Pokémon players can choose from at the beginning of their adventure in the Pokémon Ruby & Pokémon Sapphire and Pokémon Emerald versions of the Pokémon series. The purpose of Treecko in the games, anime and manga, as with all other Pokémon, is to battle both wild Pokémon, untamed creatures encountered while the player passes through various environments, and tamed Pokémon owned by Pokémon trainers.Treecko's name is a portmanteau of tree, being a surrounding of its natural habitat - the forest, and cko, relating to the Gecko, the animal it resembles. The name Treecko refers to both the overall species, and to individual Treecko within the games, anime and manga series.
Characteristics
All Treecko have small hooks on the bottom of their feet which enable them to scale vertical walls. It attacks by slamming foes with its thin tail. It is very cool and calm, and it never panics under any situation. If a bigger Pokémon glares at Treecko, it glares right back without conceding an inch of ground. It makes its nest in a giant tree in the forest and guards against anything nearing its territory. It is said to be the protector of forest trees. It can predict the day's weather with its tail. The in-game Pokédexes from the Pokémon video games ([A copy of them from Psypokes.com]) URL Accessed 2006-06-22In the video games
One of the consistent aspects of most Pokémon games—spanning from Pokémon Red and Blue on the Nintendo Game Boy to the un-released Nintendo DS game, Pokémon Diamond and Pearl—is the choice of three different Pokémon at the start of the player's adventures; these three are often labelled Starter Pokémon. Players can choose a Water-type, a Fire-type, or a Grass-type Pokémon indigenous to that particular region ; an exception to this rule is Pokémon Yellow (a remake of the original games that follows the story of the Pokémon anime), where players are given a Pikachu, an Electric-type mouse famous for being the mascot of the Pokémon media franchise.
Treecko is the Grass-type choice in Pokémon Ruby, Pokémon Sapphire and Pokémon Emerald for the Nintendo Game Boy Advance. Choosing one as the player's starting Pokémon is considered easier than choosing the Fire-type (Torchic), but equally as difficult as choosing the Water-type (Mudkip), primarily because of the advantage it has in defeating the first Gym-leader, Roxanne, a powerful trainer whom the player must defeat to progress in the game. Roxanne uses Rock-type Pokémon—such as Geodude—that have a natural weakness to Grass and Water attacks. (See "Starting Pokémon")
It is a Grass-type Pokémon, meaning it specializes in attacking the foe with plant related attacks (such as attacking with sharp leaves, vines ect). Treecko evolves into Grovyle (its stage 1/middle form) at level 16 and Sceptile (its stage 2/final form) at Level 36.
The Pokémon Trading Card Game is a collectable card game first published by Wizards of the Coast in North America, in 1999. The concept is similar to that of a Pokémon battle in the video games in that each player takes turns to hit the opponent's Pokémon. In the card game, Treecko is a grass-type Basic pokémon, just like its video game counterparts. As a basic pokémon, it can be played in a battle, as the competitions of the card game are called, without the use of a special card. If the player has a Grovyle card in their hand, they can play it on top of the Treecko card, which is the card game's equivalent of evolving.
Treecko has appeared several times in the Pokémon Trading Card Game. It has appeared in the sets EX Ruby & Sapphire (two different cards), EX Dragon, and EX Emerald. It also appears in EX Team Rocket Returns, but as "Treecko Star". This card is different then the other Treecko cards in that it is rarer than the rest of the cards in the set.
One rule when playing with the Star cards—including Treecko Star from the EX Team Rocket Returns set—is that Pokémon with significant terms in their titles (often used to denote Pokémon that are all part of one set) can only evolve into Pokémon that also share this term. Though there is no mention on how to evolve Star Pokémon, if the rule for other suffixes is followed, Treecko Star could only be replaced by a Grovyle card with Star in its title—a card which, at this point, does not exist. However, since you can only have one Pokémon Star card in your deck, it is impossible to evolve Treecko Star. This makes Star cards somewhat impractical, since they cannot be upgraded from their Basic stage state; they are primarily savoured for their rarity instead.
From Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia. Original article here. Support Wikipedia by contributing or donating.In the anime
The Pokémon anime series and films are a set of adventures separate from most other versions of Pokémon, featuring Ash Ketchum as the main character, and following his quest to become a Pokémon Master – though what constitutes a Master is somewhat ambiguous. He and his companions travel around the Pokémon world battling other Pokémon trainers.
During the Hoenn adventures, Ash caught a Treecko in episode 283, "Tree's a Crowd", the second of Ash's Hoeen Pokémon. The Treecko that he caught was a rebel in a group of Treecko that lived in the Petalburg Woods. It evolved into Grovyle in Episode 342, "Exploud and Clear" and evolved again into Sceptile during Episode 438, "Grovyle vs. Tropius! Grass field battle!".In the card game
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